9 Months

Bailey turned 9 months on November 1st. I can't believe how fast the time has flown by. It feels like yesterday that I was sitting in the NICU wishing I could hold her. She is growing up so fast! She has two teeth now and is sitting up like a pro. She doesn't seem to be in any hurry to roll or crawl. She will move around and seems to get herself stuck a lot. Moving backwards is her speciality. One of these days she will take off and we are going to be in trouble. I think she is going to be a mischievous little girl. She keeps a close eye on her big sister. She has turned into a mommy's girl and will cry when I walk out of the room. Good thing she's so cute! At her 9 month Dr. Appointment he said that she is doing good. Nice and healthy. He would like to get her to gain a little weight so we will work on that. It's hard now that she has decided she doesn't really want baby food anymore. He did give me to go ahead to feed her almost anything she wants.

Her stats are:

Weight: 17 lbs (25%)

Height: 28 1/2 inches (75%)

Head: 44 (50%)

She is such a joy and we love having her in our home. I love all the noises she makes and I especially love her little laugh. I do wish she would snuggle more but she's far too busy for that. I have to admit to holding her while she sleeps when I get the chance.

Scott called me today to tell me that Bailey had her first "accident". She fell off our bed this morning. I figured that she might have a little bump but didn't expect to see this when I picked her up. Her little face looks so sad! My camera faded the red a little so this picture doesn't do it justice. Poor girl! Her first of many I'm sure. (Just glad it happened on daddy's watch and not mine.)

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween! Hannah had per parade and party at work last Thursday. Scott was able to go to both. She had a great time! They played pin the nose on the jack o lantern and musical chairs. She also got to paint a pumpkin and decorate a cookie. Tonight Jammie and the boys came over to join us for some trick or treating. It was fun to have them with us. We went all over the neighborhood. I was happy to have nice weather. Hannah and the boys ran from house to house and I'm sure they will all sleep good tonight. Bailey was a trooper in the stroller.

Hannah, David, and Ian

Our little cow, Bailey

Hannah Kay - The Cheerleader

Bailey - Enjoying the ride in the stroller

After we got home Hannah sorted through her candy and had a few pieces. Bailey decided that she wanted in on that. We let her have a piece of a Kit Kat. I thought she would just suck on it but to my surprise, she managed to eat the whole thing! It's Halloween so I decided to let her enjoy it.

Look at that face. Chocolate was everywhere. All over her face, hands, and cloths. I think she really liked it! I hope she did because she won't be getting any more any time soon.

I would call tonight a success. We all had a great time and it was fun to have Jammie and the boys join us this year.

Gardner Village 2011

Scott and I took the girls to Gardner Village to see all the witches for Family Night. We were sad that the Ride to the Witches wasn't open during the week. We still walked around and took some pictures.

Hannah Kay and Bailey

Me and my girls

Daddy and his girls

Since we weren't able to ride out to the witches the first time, we went back. This time we went with Grandma Mestek, Aunt Susu, Lina, and Christian. The weather was perfect. This is one of our favorite things to do every year.

I love this kid!

Hannah and Christian - The best of friends/cousins. Christian is a month older than Hannah and they love hanging out together.

Hannah, Aunt Susu, Christian, and Lina

Bailey and Grandpa on the wagon ride out to the witches house.

Look at these cute kids holding hands and following one of the witches on the path to her house. Too stinkin cute!

Cheese! Christian and Hannah on the hay ride

Bailey with Disco "Die" Anna

The Grandma's with the Grandkids.

She was trying to get them to taste her rat

My girls

Lina and Christian

Bailey Kiyoko

After we seen all the witches the kids went for a pony ride. They both loved it. I remember a few years ago when we couldn't convince Hannah to get any where near the horses. Now she loves it.

This is the only picture we got with all of us in it. Funny story, we all posed with a witch and took a few pictures. When we were done I noticed that Hannah was missing. We found her with a different witch listening to a story. We thought she was in our group photo but she really wasn't. So, we had to round up another witch to pose with us.

Pumpkins 2011

Grandpa Mestek helped Hannah plant her pumpkin seed in his garden. We have been watching them grow all summer and the big day finally came that it was time for her to go out and pick them. They ended up being little cute table pumpkins. We were excited to go out and and find five of them.

Hannah is here posing with her pumpkins (pictures are out of order..)

Hannah and Grandpa are out cutting the pumpkins off the vine. I love that Grandpa was there to help Hannah with this. Hannah has a great bond with Grandpa Mestek and I love to watch them together.

Star Student

This week Hannah is the Star Student at school. We got to put together a big poster with pictures of her that is hanging in her class room. She wanted a picture of her when she was a baby, one of her dancing and her school picture from last year. We cut out her name in big letters and put the pictures on. She finished decorating it with stickers. It turned out good. I should have taken a picture of it. Bailey and I got to go to school with her. Hannah talked about the pictures on her poster and then I got to tell the class why Hannah is special in our family. Her class got to ask her questions and she answered all of them. These are a few of the questions and answers that were given.

Q. What is your favorite food?

A. Broccoli

Q. What is your favorite day of the week?

A. Monday

Q. What is your favorite shape?

A. Triangle

Q. What is your favorite holiday?

A. Halloween (must be fresh on her mind)

It was cute to hear all of their questions and how she answered each of them. She got tell them all about Bailey as well. So glad that I could be there with her for this day.

These are some random pictures that show what a fun little girl Hannah is. She makes me laugh all the time. Sure do love this girl!

1st Tooth

Look who finally got her first tooth..our sweet little Bailey. You can barely see it in the picture but trust me, it's there. Since it's taken me so long to post she has another tooth, right next to this first one. What a big girl!

Peaches

We got a bushel of peaches and I was excited to make some jam. I only do this every few years. Conference weekend was the best time for me to tackle this big job. I turned on conference and got to work. After two days of making jam I ended up with 72 jar of rasberry-peach jam. All bottled and put up for some gift giving. Woooohooooo! What a big job to get done and I'm happy to not be doing at the last minute.
We had extra peaches when I was done making jam so Scott requested a peach pie. I got on the internet and found a delicious recipe. It was actually easier than I thought it would be (I cheated and used a frozen pie crust).